Legal Opinion

Smith v. Best

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided March 24, 1998No. 49A04-9706-JV-235Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

STATON, Judge

Scott Allen Smith (“Father”) appeals a child support order made pursuant to a petition to establish paternity filed by Tracy Lynn Best (“Mother”) on behalf of her daughter, A.D.W. Father presents two issues which we restate as:

I. Whether the trial court erred when it awarded retroactive child support from the date the paternity petition was filed.

II. Whether the trial court erred when it applied the Indiana Child Support Guidelines to determine the amount of retroactive child support.

We affirm.

A.D.W. was conceived in August of 1989 while Mother was single. Two months…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Denning v. Star Publishing Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1932
  2. Lamon v. LamonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1993
  3. Farmer v. MinorIndiana Court of Appeals · 1986
  4. Wilson v. K.W.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1986
  5. K.S. v. R.S.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1995

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